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LATEST ARTICLES ( 65 )

• Judges and Bloggers of One Mind

  Many of us have discussed on our blogs for years the sentences handed down for public indecency offences. While we accept that different cultures have... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2011 LEGAL

• Two Lost Weeks

  There hasn't been anything to report because I seem to have lost the last couple of weeks. Dubai to Sydney door-to-door is a long and tiring journey so that... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Give and Take

  I found a couple of news stories about money interesting, coming as they did at the same time.In Oz the federal Treasurer Wayne Swan delivered the budget which... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2011 TRAVEL

• More Old Photos

  

  A few more of the old photos I rediscovered recently. These I took in the fish market and the fruit/vegetable market in Deira in 1980. Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2011 TRAVEL

• Back in the Day...

  

  I've been through that forgotten bag of old Dubai photos I mentioned the other day and scanned some of them, so it's time to share them with you. Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2011 TRAVEL

• Signs of the Times

  

  Here's some signage I stumbled across in the UK which caught my attention.The first isn't unique to the UK of course, the stupidity is world-wide.A packet of... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Treasure Chest

  

  I've discovered a treasure chest. Or to be accurate, a treasure plastic bag.Full of stuff I didn't know I had, it was hidden way back behind stacks of other... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2011 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• The Brits & Weather

  

  Three weeks in the UK and I've fallen into the habit of the weather being the first topic of conversation. Our first week was warm and sunny, so was the third... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• And Now for Something Completely Different.

  

  Something that's intrigued me for a long time has to do with racing camels here in the UAE.Very big, camels.Big, clumsy and weighing over half a tonne. Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2011 TRAVEL

• More on the Law

  I was going to post about this earlier in the week but decided to wait for more information and for the muddy waters to clear. It's still all very murky but we... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2011 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• I Don't Get This Either...

  

  I'm still trying to understand Citibank's 'marketing initiative' I posted about yesterday...and here's another in my 'I don't get it' file: People are paying a... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2011 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• They're Kidding, Right?

  It's in Arabian Business, not some sensationalist tabloid, so I tend to believe it.I've checked the date and it isn't April 1st. Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2011 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Dubai 1977

  

  I've been fossicking around at the bottom of boxes and the back of drawers looking for more photos that I took in Dubai when I arrived the first time in 1977. Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2011 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Times They Are A'changin'

  

  Rostamani Tower, the one arrowed, on Sheikh Zayed Road:From my apartment at the back of the building I took this photograph:Of course, that was back in 1981 whe... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2011 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• More on the Law

  If you haven't read yesterday's post, please do so before reading this one.I think that sometimes the problem is the way the law is administered rather than... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2011 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Report a Crime, Go to Jail

  There's a disturbing example of the way the legal system can be administered, reported by Gulf News yesterday.If the story is correct, not for the first time th... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2011 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Helping a Friend

  I've noted many times how all living creatures are equally affected by natural disasters. Bush fires, floods, eathquakes - we're all in it together.Here's... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2011 CHARITY, SOCIETY

• Bahrain Escalation

  Over the past couple of months there seems to have been a see-sawing power struggle going on at the top in Bahrain.The hard liners were obviously in control at... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2011 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Bank Vs Seabee

  Continuing with the bank story, this morning I decided to see whether the PIN given to me by the bank which said it was for the new ATM card was actually for th... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2011 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Smack into the Wall

  Back in Dubai and I smashed straight into the inevitable wall of frustration.Sorry but I need to get it off my chest. After all, what's a blog for if it isn't t... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2011 SOCIETY, TRAVEL